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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troubled African nation to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by reaching out to fearful whites and becoming a revered symbol of racial reconciliation around the world, died at his home Thursday. He was 95.

His death from recurring lung infections—the legacy of tuberculosis contracted in prison during his long fight against oppression-- was announced by South African president Jacob Zuma, who said: "Our nation has lost its greatest son."

Mandela had been admitted to a Pretoria hospital in June for the fifth...

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troubled African nation to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by reaching out to fearful whites and becoming a revered...